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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Thomas Jay Stuyvesant <ctme6@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:08:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: INVESTMENT OFFER.


BUSINESS PROPOSAL ( READ AND GET BACK TO ME)
From The Desk Of : Thomas Jay Stuyvesant, (USA)


Dear Friend,


INVESTMENT OFFER.

First i must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and secret. Though i know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and even worried, But i am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

let me start by introducing myself properly to you. l am Thomas Jay Stuyvesant, President of a private  SECURITY COMPANY in United State of America (USA).

The PROPOSITION

As the President of THE  SECURITY COMPANY  in our last Audit i have identify that a french citizen have deposited with our Security Company here United State of America, the sum of  US$ 75M  (Seventy Five Million, United State Dollars Only) made from  acrude excess interest from his contract with an oil firm. The Friend Citizen who deposited this fund have died and all effort to meet with his family was to know avail.

Now i want to move this fund to your country for investment and i have find you worthy to be my partner, so i decided to contact you so that we can start planning on how to bring the fund in to your country through your own company and bank account so that we can start up a partnership investment ventures together with the fund.

All documents and proofs for this deposit will be made available to you so as to enable you claim this fund from our Security Company as the next of kin to the deceased , then i will come to your country and meet you for further investment.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do take advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, get in touch with me immediately.


Best Regards,
Thomas Jay Stuyvesant, (USA)

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